Ordering a Jewish Bondsman to do Unnecessary Work

Negative Commandment 259

"You shall not work him with rigor"—Leviticus 25:43.

It is forbidden to instruct a Jewish bondsman to perform a work that has no purpose. Even to order him to heat up a glass of water, if it isn't needed, is forbidden.

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